Social event at Institute B B C presided by Murphy
Councilman Charles Murphy chaired a Cambridge street social at Institute B B C. George F. Monahan and Rep. Wm. Hogan spoke on the Senate race and district electors. Hogan remained neutral on the contest. The club gifted a gold signet ring, with refreshments and singing to close the evening.
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Institute B. B. C
Cambridge Street
Charles Murphy
George F. Monahan
Suffolk
Wm. Hogan
Messrs. Hogan
Murphy
Sapphire Pleasure Club Holds Meeting for November Dance
The Sapphire Pleasure Club met Tuesday evening at William McCabe's 51 North Street with President Walsh presiding at 8 15. They planned their dance for Thursday evening November 7 1907 and aimed for a successful event. Recording secretary Daniel Murphy was surprised at adjournment.
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Sapphire Pleasure Club
William McCabe
North Street
Walsh
Daniel Murphy
Saskatchewan’s vast prairies evoke summer’s western vista
A Boston Transcript excerpt paints Saskatchewan as a sweeping prairie with rolling plains, grain, and a bloom of flowers. The piece personifies the land with vivid colors and scents, describing white host flowers and daisies as a serene, expansive western scene.
Navy Ship Bell Half Hours Count Time At Sea
The ship’s bell marks the nautical day from noon with eight bells. In US Navy ships the bell hangs near the fore mast and the captain approves the eight bells and chronometers wound. At 8:00 a.m. the orderly informs the officer of the deck and the captain, then the messenger strikes eight bells.
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Mariner
United States Navy
European Beaches and Bathing Attire Differences
Charles St. Peters notes European beach culture contrasts with American norms. European women wear street regalia into bathhouses and only briefly reveal bathing costumes during swims, with beaches like Nordeney’s Damenstrand restricting access for men at certain hours.
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Europe
Damenstrand
Nordeney
Charles St. Peters
Bohemian Magazine
Old French Dial Ring Curio Timepiece
A Paris or eighteenth century gold dial ring features a tiny sundial set where a gemstone would be. The dealer notes it can tell time only when sunlit and oriented to the correct compass direction, making it more a curiosity than a precise clock and local to its origin.
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Curio Dealer
Loulstville Courier-Journal
Johnson and the weight of the boy in orchard theft
A tale recalls Dr. Johnson advising a worried mother on her son's orchard robbery. He compares a small thief who steals freely with his own heavy frame when a tree gives way, calling it a judgment. The anecdote names Davy Garrick as the schoolfellow who stole many orchards without punishment.
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Dr. Johnson
Johnson
Davy Garrick
Expressed Nautically and a Back Hair Gaffe
An admiral is greeted by an old classmate who jokes about the admiral’s combed back hair as foretop duty on a ship. A German physicist remarks that an artisan making poorly adapted apparatus would be rejected for its inept design.
The Important Thing Exchange Snippet
The exchange shows two clerks debating dinner plans. The first refuses dinner to keep time for an after dinner smoke, illustrating a small, humorous workplace moment.
Our Inferiors and the Gap in Knowledge
A Philadelphi a Press quotation contrasts arrogance and humility in a parent child exchange. The line suggests inferiors are not those with less knowledge, but those we overestimate to know less. The dialogue critiques self certainty and the value of learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Son
Philadelphia Press
Information and telephone service in early exchanges
The piece explains the role of the Information operator in a telephone exchange, detailing how numbers and stations are managed during growth and changes. It notes the information desks in New England exchanges and advises customers to contact Information for inquiries at no charge, as it speeds service.
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Central
New England
Morris Saltman Attacked On Western Avenue
Morris Saltman of No 18 Kenwood Street was robbed and assaulted by a group of young men as he walked home Saturday night after 11 o clock in the Western avenue area. He was struck, knocked down, and badly cut and bruised before escaping to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Saltman
No. 18
Kenwood Street
Western Avenue
Saltman
St Josephs Belmont Field Day Postponed From Labor Day
The Belmont field day honoring the late Archbishop proceeds today with more than thirty events. Kerry goat appearance likely final. events include baseball, tug of war, three mile race, wrestling, Irish music, and entertainment by Wiggins orchestra and the Pike. Belmont cars run close to the grounds. Raymond for real estate.
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Belmont
Kerry Goat
Matthew L. Leary
Boston
Belmont A. A
Belmonts
Ireland
Wiggins
Pike
W. Kelly
Brighton
Auxelophone
Melba
Patti
Farrar
Tamagno
Scotti
Waverley
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Gentlemen's Ser
Edwin Dresser
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Massachusetts Ave
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Prospect St
BAY State Vulcanizing CO
Prospect Street
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Peter Powell
B. B. Cc
Thomas Walsh
Thomas P. Walsh
Margaret Harrington
Walter E. Lucy
Margaret Cooney
George Murphy
Maurice Harrington
Richard Sheeley
James M. O'Brien
Fred McCue
Daniel Afford
Neil Buckley
Annie Dinan
May Caldera
Margaret Mahoney
Pearle Towne
Kitty Lavigne
Rose Sampson
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Saskatchewan
Floyd D. Raze
Boston Transcript
Cambridge Relief Hospital
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ST. Joseph’s
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the Central Theatre
Moving Pictures
Sega
Simon Alexander
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